Quran 24:12 — An-Noor, verse 12
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
When you heard the lie, why did believing men and women not think well of their own people and declare, ‘This is obviously a lie’?
لَوْلَا إِذْ سَمِعْتُمُوهُ ظَنَّ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتُ بِأَنْفُسِهِمْ خَيْرًا وَقَالُوا هَـٰذَا إِفْكٌ مُبِينٌ
lawlā idh samiʿ'tumūhu ẓanna l-mu'minūna wal-mu'minātu bi-anfusihim khayran waqālū hādhā if'kun mubīnun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Why, when you heard it, did the believing men and women not of their own account think good thoughts, and say, 'This is a manifest calumny'?
- Muhammad Asad
- Why do not the believing men and women, whenever such [a rumour] is heard, think the best of one another and say, “This is an obvious falsehood”?
- Sahih International
- Why, when you heard it, did not the believing men and believing women think good of themselves [i.e., one another] and say, "This is an obvious falsehood"?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | لَّوْلَآlawlā | Why not | — |
| 2 | إِذْidh | when | — |
| 3 | سَمِعْتُمُوهُsamiʿ'tumūhu | you heard it | سمع |
| 4 | ظَنَّẓanna | think | ظنن |
| 5 | ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَl-mu'minūna | the believing men | أمن |
| 6 | وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتُwal-mu'minātu | and the believing women | أمن |
| 7 | بِأَنفُسِهِمْbi-anfusihim | good of themselves | نفس |
| 8 | خَيْرًۭاkhayran | good of themselves | خير |
| 9 | وَقَالُوا۟waqālū | and say | قول |
| 10 | هَـٰذَآhādhā | This | — |
| 11 | إِفْكٌۭif'kun | (is) a lie | أفك |
| 12 | مُّبِينٌۭmubīnun | clear | بين |